Augustine Aminu Seven years down the line since Boko Haram abducted nearly 300 schoolgirls mostly aged between 12 and 17, from Chibok in Borno State, northeast Nigeria, not much has been done by the Federal Government to ensure the safe return of the girls. The abduction which took place in April 2014, led to an […]
Parents of the yet-to-be-released 112 girls abducted from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok in Borno State have said they want to see their missing daughters before they die. Some of the parents have died of natural causes, while others have succumbed to depression after their daughters were kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgents loyal to Abubakar […]
I have read both the accounts of the former British Prime Minister, David Cameron and that of our former president Dr Goodluck Jonathan on what transpired in the early days of the kidnap of the Chibok girls. Achieving universal optic health coverage remains our top priority – FG For those not following this story and […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged that his government would not rest until the remaining Chibok girls kidnapped by Boko Haram terrorists in April 2014 are safely released. Buhari renewed his commitment to rescuing the captive girls on Tuesday in Katowice, Poland, at a bilateral meeting with Swiss President Alain Berset, on the margins of the […]
Renowned CNN reporter, Isha Sesay, has announced her exit from the organisation after spending 13 years. Sesay broke the news on her Twitter handle, @IamIshaSesay on Wednesday “it’s really happening, folks!! After more than a decade behind the desk with those three red letters… I HAVE LEFT CNN.” Speaking on the reason for her exit […]
Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, on Sunday called for concerted efforts by governments, security agencies, religious and community leaders, to rescue the remaining 112 Chibok Girls and the Dapchi school girl, Leah Sharibu, from Boko Haram’s captivity. He noted with sadness the plight of the parents of the abducted girls whose wards are not back […]
…holds second Annual Lecture Campaigners of the #Bring back our girls have said that it will on April 14 commemorate the 4th year anniversary of the abduction of Chibok Girls from their secondary school in Chibok, Borno State. Preparatory to the event, which is coming up in Abuja, the movement in a press release signed […]
Shuibu Moni, a Boko Haram commander who was freed in exchange for some 82 kidnapped Chibok girls in a deal facilitated by the Swedish government last May has issued fresh threats against the Nigerian state. A video exclusively obtained by Saharareporters shows Moni and some members of his team displaying firepower in Sambisa forest. Shuibu […]
Militant Islamist group Boko Haram released a video on Monday purportedly showing some of the remaining girls who were kidnapped from the northeast Nigerian town of Chibok in 2014. Of the some 270 girls who were originally abducted from their school, about 60 escaped soon afterwards and others have since been released after mediation. Around […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved N164.7million for the payment of second semester school fess of the freed 106 Chibok girls at the American University of Nigeria (AUN), Yola, Adamawa. The American University of Nigeria (AUN) was established in 2003 by Nigeria’s former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar along with other local and international statesmen and academic […]
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has described the President Muhammadu Buhari led government as one that is rotten and covered with scandalous corruption, saying; “within the last one month, Nigerians have been confronted with messy revelations that gave credence to my earlier position that President Buhari is the life patron of corruption in Nigeria.” […]
The Leader of Boko Haram’s squads that abducted the Chibok girls in 2014, Auwal Ismaeela, has surrendered and confessed to leading the squads who abducted about 280 secondary school girls. Ismaeela said he was tired of the “senseless” atrocities of the insurgent group, hence his decision to surrender. The Boko Haram commander said he regretted […]
The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Senator Aisha Jummai Al’Hassan has said that the 106 of the returned abducted Chibok school girls are now fully recovered and ready for reintegration with their families and the larger society and go to school. Senator Aisha in a press briefing with journalists on Friday said the […]
The 82 Chibok girls freed from Boko Haram captivity on Saturday are now undergoing series of medical checkup in Aso Rock, Abuja, preparatory to their meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari later in the day. The Chibok girls are being observed at the Department of State Services (DSS) Clinic where the chief of staff to the […]
The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, on Monday advised former President, Goodluck Jonathan against “finger pointing” on the issue of the abducted Chibok girls. Mohammed made the remark while reacting to Jonathan’s statement that his then administration never rejected offers from the British Military to rescue the girls. The Minister noted that Jonathan’s claim that […]
The Nigeria government has assured that it is not relenting in its efforts to ensure the safe return of the remaining Chibok girls still in captivity. While responding to a letter addressed to him by Ms. Malala Yousafzai, the Co-founder of the Malala Fund, President Buhari said he cannot divulge the details of ongoing negotiations […]
*…Insists Boko Haram can never regroup The Director, Defense Information of Defense Headquarters, Abuja, Brigadier General Rabe Abubakar, has categorically stated that the military or any security outfit in the country would never make public its operational strategies to rescue the Chibok girls and other abducted persons still in the hands of the Boko Haram […]
Members of the Boko Haram have been indoctrinated to believe that the children they father by women of other faiths are automatically Muslims. They therefore have no inhibition raping the girls and women they abduct. Those were the words of the Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, on Monday giving a psychological analysis of the atrocities […]
Boko Haram fighters took turns on Sunday to stone captives to death, some girls and women were crushed by an armored car and three died when a land mine exploded as they walked to freedom. Through tears, smiles and eyes filled with pain, the survivors of months in the hands of the Islamic extremists told […]
The #BringBackOurGirls Group has urged the Federal Government intensify efforts in ensuring that the abducted Chibok Girls are rescued before 29th of May. While commending the Military and the Multinational Joint Task Force for the positive turn in the counter insurgency effort since the six weeks operation started on February 14 2015; the BBOG Group […]